Canada releases latest LMIA processing times - CIC News

Informations complètes et à jour, compilées par Google Actualités à partir de sources d'actualité du monde entier

Informations complètes et à jour, compilées par Google Actualités à partir de sources d'actualité du monde entier

Informations complètes et à jour, compilées par Google Actualités à partir de sources d'actualité du monde entier

On this page you will find: Six Canadian cities newly affected by low-wage LMIA restrictions. Two metropolitan areas where restrictions have been lifted. Updated unemployment rates in Canada’s largest cities. Which employers and occupations qualify for exemptions. What the changes mean for temporary foreign workers. How employers can check whether they can submit an LMIA application. Canada has expanded restrictions on hiring temporary foreign workers in low-wage positions, with six additional metropolitan areas now subject to limits on Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) updated its unemployment-rate figures on October 9, 2026, increasing the number of affected census metropolitan areas (CMAs) from 26 to 30. The changes mean employers in Halifax, Fredericton, Kingston, St. Catharines–Niagara, Regina and Lethbridge face new restrictions on hiring foreign workers through the low-wage stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). However, restrictions have been lifted in Kamloops and Chilliwack, British Columbia, after unemployment rates in both areas fell below the government’s six per cent threshold.